An image I snapped this morning on my frosty walk. Welcome to Bible Belt America. Happy birthday to YOU. Happy New Year. Is not a drop of ocean water the ocean itself?
As I sit here sipping my coffee in Elizabethton, Tennessee this New Year's Day, I can't help thinking that, in a way, I don't really give a shit that it is "New Year's Day."
I think this year is gonna be great, just because I am still here, waking up this morning to a walk in the bitter cold winter air down to the McDonald's for a piping hot coffee.
This year is the year of Steem. No resolutions necessary. Just keep on pushin', hustlin', grindin' and appreciating.
So rather than fill this post up with a bunch of bullshit about resolutions, etc, here are some things I appreciate and am really looking forward to this year!
The new life I have found here in the realm of crypto-blogging, creation, and anarchy, which is exactly what enabled me to take this vacation with my family this year. I have been a writer, creator, editor and anarchist (though I didn't always know it) all my life. Now I get paid for it. It's something that I always wanted. And now it's here.
My family is my solid rock and the grounding force in my life, as well as my inspiration in so many ways. My son and my wife are my world and I would not be where I am today without them.
My home in Japan waits for me now, and I can't wait to be back, if I am honest. This holiday in the US has been amazing, and is not over yet, but I am so appreciative already to have a home and a life in a place that I have come to be so fond of and call my home. Tokyo, I'll be seeing you soon!
The readers, commenters, and curators of this blog make it all possible. Thank you! Electricity and transmissions of information require connection. One of the biggest joys of self-expression, second to self-discovery and connecting with oneself, is the discovery of humanity and connection with others. Thank you.
My brother-in-law got me and my sister laughing while trying to take a "nice" photo, and this was the result. May 2018 be filled with more laughs like this!
So why do I say 2018 is the year of Steem? Because, no matter where Steem and Steemit.com go, the idea is here, and now can never go away. A page has been turned, and we now know one more wonderful thing that is possible, in this reality. There may be a million more "Steemits" to come. Regardless, sound economics and blockchain tech are here, and folks are seeing their individual lives and experience, through a brand new set of revolutionary eyes.
We are living in a revolutionary time in "history" which is now.
GODSPEED, Steem-O's!
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)